I am from Mongolia. Mongolian’s do tend to sniff cheeks as a lovely gesture. For example, I would sniff my parent’s cheeks and my family’s cheeks.
Traditionally Mongolians don’t kiss, they do kind of sniffing. I find it nicer and cleaner rather than to be kissed and feel someone’s saliva on my cheek.
Yes, it is. You can read so on some pages, for example this one:
Mongolians greeting one another rarely kiss each other on the cheek. An older person will often grasp the head of a one younger during the greeting and smell their hair or face.
This book has a whole section of the meaning of body odors in the Mongolian culture.
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5 Mar, 2024
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